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Comments on Foregoing Table.
The organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidence are: In the males—the Lungs (24.4 percent.), the
Bowels and Rectum (23.6 per cent.), and the Stomach (18.0 per
cent.); in females—the Bowels and Rectum (22.7 per cent.), the
Breast (20.7 per cent.), the Stomach (11.6 per cent.), and the
Uterus (9.1 per cent.)
THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS.
I am indebted to Dr. J. C. McMillan, the Assistant Medical
Officer of Health for Tuberculosis, for the statistical part of this
section of the report.
While prevention has so far yielded greater dividends than
treatment, treatment has not stood still. A survey of the incidence
and mortality figures in recent years shows greater
diminution in mortality than in incidence of the pulmonary form
of the disease.
Although social conditions were different and broadly unfavourable
in 1947, a comparison with 1920 is the best we can do.
The outstanding facts are these: In 1920, 102 per 100,000 of the
population in Croydon died from all forms of tuberculosis; in
1947 the corresponding figure was 44.
Notification of Tuberculosis.
Two hundred and thirty-four cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and 43 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified
on Form A (primary notifications); of these 143 males and 91
females were pulmonary cases; 22 males and 21 females nonpulmonary.
In addition, 67 pulmonary cases and 10 nonpulmonary
came to our notice as new cases otherwise than by
notification.
The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1947
by notification or otherwise was 354, as compared with 348 in
1946, 374 in 1945, 315 in 1944, and 383 in 1943.
301 of these were cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 189 in
males and 112 in females. There were 2 more cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in males and 10 fewer in females than in 1946.